Josh Caplan
@josh-caplan.bsky.social
Former Hill staffer, now working on getting health care delivery evidence and experts to policymakers more effectively.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
CBS News: Why can't the people being gunned down by the masked agents find a way to live with people who are different than them?
Trash.
Trash.
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
CBS News: Why can't the people being gunned down by the masked agents find a way to live with people who are different than them?
Trash.
Trash.
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it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
It is the position of Fox News that the government is allowed to summarily execute American citizens if they are LGBT, and I have to assume that anyone who appears on Fox News is ok with that.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It is the position of Fox News that the government is allowed to summarily execute American citizens if they are LGBT, and I have to assume that anyone who appears on Fox News is ok with that.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Really important for the left - and our donors - to understand the machinery they are building.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Really important for the left - and our donors - to understand the machinery they are building.
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“The top donor to the Republican Party is running a company making sexual deepfakes, even of children.” Is a 100% accurate message that leaders should be repeating.
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“The top donor to the Republican Party is running a company making sexual deepfakes, even of children.” Is a 100% accurate message that leaders should be repeating.
Frankly, I don't think of America as a predator. And I miss having allies.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Frankly, I don't think of America as a predator. And I miss having allies.
Same day, one is lying.
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Same day, one is lying.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
"We are firing so many Americans, you wouldn't believe it," says the American president.
Trump: "The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5 percent [it's actually 4.6 percent] is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before."
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"We are firing so many Americans, you wouldn't believe it," says the American president.
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The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
Wait, Biden wasn't empathetic?
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
the president shouting economic statistics at voters instead of empathizing with them on the cost of living is the type of thing that turned people off of joe biden in 2024
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Wait, Biden wasn't empathetic?
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
Instead of watching someone not actually do a pull up at the airport, could I just get the cash benefits for delayed flights back?
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Instead of watching someone not actually do a pull up at the airport, could I just get the cash benefits for delayed flights back?
This is honestly one of the saddest and most pathetic things I have ever seen someone do.
how it feels to try something on in a store you have no right to try on
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is honestly one of the saddest and most pathetic things I have ever seen someone do.
During the last Trump Administration, Tom Cotton called for using the military to execute Americans in the street for opposing Trump.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
During the last Trump Administration, Tom Cotton called for using the military to execute Americans in the street for opposing Trump.
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Why is House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries lying on Donald Trump's behalf?
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Why is House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries lying on Donald Trump's behalf?
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
I just can't.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I just can't.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
We are 16 years into the ACA replacement being right around the corner. If the replacement existed, it could drive a car.
NEW: As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
There is no legislative product yet.
No consensus in the party about a plan.
But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
There is no legislative product yet.
No consensus in the party about a plan.
But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are 16 years into the ACA replacement being right around the corner. If the replacement existed, it could drive a car.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
Nothing more Democratic than stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Nothing more Democratic than stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
Cornell pulled a Columbia and sold out their reputation and credibility in exchange for proving that they are an easy mark.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cornell pulled a Columbia and sold out their reputation and credibility in exchange for proving that they are an easy mark.
I can’t stand this inflammatory rhetoric from the left.
Tom Emmer describes Mamdani supporters as "the pro-terrorist wing of the party"
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I can’t stand this inflammatory rhetoric from the left.